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Herb Wind started his career as a staff writer for The New Yorker Magazine from 1947 to 1954 and moved onto golf editor of Sports Illustrated from 1954 to 1959. He gave his readers not only a vivid description of the tournament being covered but lengthy digressions on the players, the history of the game, golf-course architecture, the rules, the Scottish game, the clubs, and anything which he felt a golfer needed to know to be able to appreciate the game. He was without a doubt America’s finest golf writer.
Pictured here with Classics of Golf Publisher, Mike Beckerich (2003)
"He was a great historian of the game and a terrific writer. You look back on how golf has been written over the years and there have been three or four guys who really stood above the rest. He was certainly one of them." Jack Nicklaus
The Story of American Golf (1954, 1956, 1975) Its Champions and Its Championships, by Herb Wind – Wind’s masterpiece and one of the great books in the literature of golf; an invaluable resource for the modern golf historian. Afterword by Robert. S. Macdonald.
An Introduction to the Literature of Golf (1996) by Herbert Warren Wind – Thirty-seven essays describing and introducing the masterpieces of golf literature as published in the inaugural Classics of Golf series of books 1983-1995.
Herbert Warren Wind’s Golf Book (1948) By Herbert Warren Wind Forward by Bing Crosby – A stirring collection of magazine articles and excerpts assembled only the way Herbert Warren Wind can. Wind offers his thoughts on Hogan, Snead, Venturi and Darwin, among others. This collection contains some of his most famous pieces on the great players, tournaments, golf architecture, turning points in the history of the game, and unusual aspects of golf that no one else bothered to write about.
The Complete Golfer (1954) edited by Herbert Warren Wind- Sampling the best in golf literature, these selections by one of the great writers on the game cover every aspect of golf through history, biography, architecture, and short stories.
On the Tour with Harry Sprague (1960) by Herbert Warren Wind Wind’s sense of humor and flair for fiction is on display, creating Harry, the hapless professional, a most irritating, yet endearing character. Foreword by Gitty Wind Scheft, Wind’s sister.
The Greatest Game of All (1969) by Jack Nicklaus, with Herb Wind – Written when Nicklaus, at age 28, was already the greatest golfer in the world, it provides insight into his upbringing and how he pursued his golfing goals.
Thirty Years of Championship Golf (1950) by Gene Sarazen, with Herbert Warren Wind – This candid autobiography of the legendary golfer gives a fine account of golf during the 1920s and 30s. Afterword by Peter Ryde.
These books make a great holiday gift for any golf enthusiast!
Publisher Michael Beckerich and Classics of Golf faithfully publish a cost-effective, attractive library of 66 volumes of the works of Bernard Darwin, Herbert Warren Wind, Bobby Jones, and many significant authors, keeping in print the great literature and history of golf.
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